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Righteous Kill

2008 · 101 min · Director: Jon Avnet ★ IMDb 6 · 96,895 ratings

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Turk and Rooster, two aging NYPD detectives and longtime partners, are hunting a serial killer who is murdering sociopathic criminals. They both have personal issues, and when they start working with a younger investigative team, Perez and Riley, tensions between the two teams is inevitable, especially since Turk is now living with Perez's ex-girlfriend, also a homicide detective.

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Righteous Kill (2008) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Tension 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Tension, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Confusion, Tension and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 61/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Disturbing
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriosityDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %28 %42 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity44 %31 %44 %32 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity50 %40 %43 %32 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Tension59 %51 %34 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Disturbing61 %51 %33 %48 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Curiosity60 %49 %48 %55 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Curiosity61 %51 %60 %55 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Curiosity57 %50 %55 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension53 %48 %45 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Disturbing58 %51 %51 %49 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Curiosity60 %53 %58 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Sadness54 %46 %48 %35 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Tension54 %49 %43 %26 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Tension64 %63 %49 %31 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension72 %72 %53 %41 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Tension77 %76 %56 %51 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension80 %77 %58 %63 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension78 %75 %44 %56 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Sadness73 %70 %28 %38 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

50 Cent

Spider

Carla Gugino

Karen Corelli

John Leguizamo

Det. Simon Perez

Donnie Wahlberg

Det. Ted Riley

TG
Trilby Glover

Jessica

SA
Saidah Arrika Ekulona

Gwen Darvis

AR
Alan Rosenberg

Stein

Barry Primus

Prosky

Melissa Leo

Cheryl

AB
Alan Blumenfeld

Martin Baum

Oleg Taktarov

Yevgeny Mugalat

SB
Shirly Brener

Natalya

FJ
Frank John Hughes

Charles Randall

TS
Terry Serpico

Jon Van Luytens

LC
Liza Colón-Zayas

Judge Angel Rodriguez

MM
Malachy McCourt

Father Connell

Details

Directed by
Jon Avnet
Written by
Russell Gewirtz
Type
Movies
Released
2008
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6 · 96,895 ratings
Feels mostly
Confusion
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